I have been doing lots of reserch online and in books and decided to have a 20 gallon fowlr. I have wrongly trusted the highschool kid at my local petco and he helped me waste money and kill 3 fish.

I finally found a good fish store 1 hour away. this is their website. http://www.aquaticdiscoveries.com/saltwater.htm
I brought home 12 pounds of fiji lr and it is great. Has many colors and 7 sponges! I also found 3 crabs while unpacking. I am soo excited to finnaly get lr. I am going to post pictures later this evening.

hehe congrats first-timer, Chain stores really dont have your well being (or your fishies) in mind, they just want you to buy, buy and buy. Finding a good fish store is a great thing to find in ones town. It also always helps before you buy anything ask around here for advice, then when you go to the store you already have an idea what you need. Everyone here is usually really great and has alot of advice. They have helped me many times.

I am a bit concerned about the other store... they talk about low salt levels and constant copper additives in their tank. At first I assumed that they didn't sell inverts but the page said they do... the only tank they said they don't consistently use copper is the shark tank... This probably makes for some really weak inverts between teh copper and the low salinity levels.

Wow I am glad I have a couple good lfs around here. The amount of money that we spend and these people can't even be honest with us. Do they not realize that if they are honest with us and stop us from making a purchase that we will end up spemding more money there because we trust them? Go figure